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Valuable Secrets, Concerning Arts and Trades. Or, Approved Directions from the Best Artists...
by Hubbard, Thomas
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Norwich [Connecticut]: Thomas Hubbard, 1795. First American edition, 1795. Fair to good condition. Important reference for the late 18th century American artisan. Full leather with dark red spine label, 6.75" tall, 240 pages. Covers lightly rubbed, binding sound, pages age-toned but clean, "Cullen Hays' Book" beautifully presented in script on front front free endpaper, modern name and address stamp in blue on the blank verso of the title page and at the bottom of the final page, with some light bleedthrough, some very light corner chipping, light to moderate foxing throughout.. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035250
- Title
- Valuable Secrets, Concerning Arts and Trades. Or, Approved Directions from the Best Artists...
- Author
- Hubbard, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Thomas Hubbard
- Place of Publication
- Norwich [Connecticut]
- Date Published
- 1795
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- ARTISAN FORMULAS RECIPES RECEIPTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Medicine & Nature; Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts; Fine Bindings, Distinctive Press, Early Printing;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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